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"JOSEPH KLEOKNER, OF MOTTVILIJE, MICHIGAN.

Letters Patent N 100,700, dated March 8, 1870.

IMPROVED CEMENT TO BE USED IN SEWERS AND BRAINS, AND FOR CONSTRUCTING PLUES AND OTHER PARTS OI BUILDING-S.

To all whom it may concern:

My cement is composed of one-tenth h 'draulic cementthe common water-lime one-eightlr Hue white san the residue [Ern'gtlie' common finely-poem 'laster of Paris for any specified quantity.

The materials in these proportions are then put toget-her and thoroughly mixed, so that each of the parts shall be uniformly distributed throughout the mass. Care must be taken in their admixture to have them perfectly dry and'free from dampness.

The composition being thus prepared, add enough water to make it sufficiently liquid to run freely.

rave found by experience that the Egylggk lime is much more preferable in making my cement than the common water-lime @hydraulic cement, as the latter varies much r'n'r'fs strength, an t e east weakness of this cement I have discoveredis a bar to the perfect union and attraction of the materials, one for another.

I have also found that it is absolutely-important that the proportions above indicated must be strictly adhered to, as the 'least particle too much of either one of the ingredients for a. specified quantity will weaken their affinity for each other, and instead of resulting in a hard, stone-like, durable compound, will tend to produce disintegration or cracking.

The ingredients thus proportioned and thoroughly mixed must be in this state at the place where the cement is to beused, and the mold must be ready to receive it before the water is added to it.

In adding the water the cement must be stirred very uigkly and thoroug' hly, and poured into the mold The Schedule referred to in than Letters Patent and making part of the lulu.

I without the least delay, when in a very short time it perfectly hardens throughout, and forms asolid, stonelike mass, and can be polished .to assume a marble-like smoothness. l

This composition can be used for forming flues in buildings, tubes, and forother purposes, and I have found from use that the chest of heat thereon does not flake or crack it, but tends rather to toughen and harden in. I have also found it'to be impenetrable and not affected by water, and to be well adapted for use as conduits.

' This cement cannot be made in large bulk, but must, be made in such quantities as to admit of its use without standing, as the chemical process of hardening commences so soon afier the application of the water that it requires to be used at once.

A flue can be cheaply and quickly made from this cement and used where any other flue or thimble can be, vertically or horizon tally through partitions, floors, and walls. It can also be used as asmoke and heatconductor from the cellar to the top of the building, by being molded in sections, and built up and united with the cement at each joint, thus making a continu ous chimney of it.

As the method of constructing a flue of this cement forms the subject of another application for a patent bearing even ticularly described.

Having described my invention,

I claim the cement composed of the materials'iu the specified quantities herein stated, prepared, compounded, and used substantially as described.

JOSEPH KLEOKNER.

Witnesses:

S. 0. Connrxnnnnr, Dan. M. HARVEY.

EXAMINER date herewith, it need not be par- 

